Senate Concurrent Resolution 504

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO AMEND THE MISSISSIPPI
CONSTITUTION OF 1890 BY CREATING A NEW SECTION 263-A TO PROVIDE THAT MARRIAGE
MAY TAKE PLACE AND MAY BE VALID UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE ONLY BETWEEN A MAN
AND A WOMAN; TO PROVIDE THAT A MARRIAGE IN ANOTHER STATE OR FOREIGN
JURISDICTION BETWEEN PERSONS OF THE SAME GENDER, REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE
MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE, MAY NOT BE RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE AND IS VOID AND
UNENFORCEABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That the following amendment to the Mississippi
Constitution of 1890 is proposed to the qualified electors of the state:

Amend the Mississippi Constitution of 1890
to create a new Section 263-A to read as follows:

Section 263-A. Marriage may take place and may be valid
under the laws of this state only between a man and a woman. A marriage in another state or foreign
jurisdiction between persons of the same gender, regardless of when the
marriage took place, may not be recognized in this state and is void and
unenforceable under the laws of this state.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed
amendment shall be submitted by the Secretary of State to the qualified
electors at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
of November 2002, as provided by Section 273 of the Constitution and by general
law.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the
explanation of this proposed amendment for the ballot shall read as
follows: "This proposed constitutional
amendment provides that marriage may take place and may be valid under the laws
of this state only between a man and a woman.
The amendment also provides that a marriage in another state or foreign
jurisdiction between persons of the same gender may not be recognized in this
state and is void and unenforceable under the laws of this state."